Success of the Occupy Movement Using Social Media

The Occupy Wall Street Movement is a protest movement geared toward democracy. It began with a tweet by the Canadian activist group Adbusters that suggested a Sept. 17 march in New York City.

Protestors believe Wall Street played a part in the economic crisis that began the 2008 Recession. Their slogan, "We are the 99%" refers to the vast concentration of wealth among the top 1 percent of income earners. They believe 99 percent of people are paying the price for the mistakes of 1 percent.

Since the first tweet was sent out a social revolution began amongst the protesters. They use social sites like Facebook, Twitter, blogs, wikis, Web pages and Youtube to get their message around the world. According to The New York Times 1.7 million occupy movement vidoes have been created with 73 million views, more than 400 Facebook pages and dozens of new wikis and Web pages.